The Pakistani Taliban on Monday urged Muslims in Myanmar to rise up and fight the country's rulers, saying the Taliban's resources and training facilities were available to help them "take up the sword". Ehsanullah Ehsan, spokesman for the hard-line Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) movement, said they "shared the grief" of Myanmar's beleaguered Rohingya Muslim minority.
"I address Burma's youth: take up the sword and kill in the path of God. No doubt, God is with us," Ehsan said in an audio message sent to media, using Myanmar's former name. "Our (training) centres, our resources, training, people, everything is available to provide comfort to you."